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| Wedding Cake with Orchids for Julie and Joe's Wedding in Maui |
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It's Wedding Day at the Designer Crafts Connection! Today's Blog Hop features projects for and about Weddings. Life's been a little crazy around here lately. I didn't have time to make something new but I thought you'd like this archived idea for a really easy centerpiece.
We traveled to Maui for my niece Julie's wedding. After we arrived she asked if I could help her create some centerpieces with the box of orchids she was getting as part of her wedding package. She wanted candlelight for the outdoor reception.
The glass vases, found in the floral department at the grocery store, were a bargain and would work out great!
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| Tucking orchids under ribbon. |
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After we filled the vases with sand from the beach (with help from the kids) I gathered leaves from the patio garden and used a double sided tape to adhere them to the vases. (you can see the plants behind Lee in the picture below) Ribbon tied around the leaves gave me a nice place to tuck in the flowers.
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| Happy to be crafting on the beach! |
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| Lee patiently helping me with a project once again! |
We looked at candles but I knew that the wind from the beach would play havoc on the candle flame so we bought
Tap Lights instead. That was Lee's job. Assemble and install the batteries for all the lights.
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| GE Tap Light |
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| Finished Orchid Centerpiece. Can you see the Tap Light? |
The hotel staff added the extra orchids when they set the tables. Very simple and sweet. Julie and Joe loved it so that's all that matters!
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| The Happy couple, Julie and Joe. |
The Tap Light gave a warm glow after dark and the batteries lasted all evening. Julie gave the vases to family members the next day as Wedding keepsakes. Yes, I carried mine home on the plane and still use it often!
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is LOVE. 1 Corinthians 13:13
To continue through the entire Blog Hop. You can go to the main page at
365 Days of Crafts Blog Hop or on the Designer Crafts Blog Connection Logo below. Click forward to go to the next Designer's post. Keep clicking until you get back here and you will have seen all the wonderful ideas this week.
The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
-- Henry David Thoreau
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2 comments:
Cindy- eagerly awaiting seeing your expertise here and you did not disappoint. Love the tap light idea
How lovely!
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